'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.' - Aristotle

January 5, 2011 1:56 PM

It's barely been a half-a-week, and your New Years Resolutions are probably running out of steam. The cure? IFeelUnmotivated.com! [spawned and via Reddit's /r/getmotivated]
posted by mccarty.tim (19 comments total)

I'm motivated to find a video that shows women doing awesome stuff too!
posted by iamkimiam at 2:16 PM on January 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Did anyone else get the 'salesman' dude sitting in his car, chanting along to an AC/DC song? 'Cause that guy's a goon (i.e., he failed to motivate me).
posted by Pecinpah at 2:21 PM on January 5, 2011

I came across this video about the theory of motivation and it sort of blew my mind.
posted by phaedon at 2:22 PM on January 5, 2011 [7 favorites]

I had never seen this one before, so it made me laugh. I sent it to a friend who wrote back, "You. Nutshell."

I feel pretty good about that. Hoping she meant the penguin.
posted by functionequalsform at 2:27 PM on January 5, 2011

Couldn't you all run out of steam a little faster? I'm already tired of the crowding at the gym.
posted by indubitable at 2:29 PM on January 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

Needs more Courage Wolf.
posted by Zozo at 2:30 PM on January 5, 2011

I love those RSA Animate vids, phaedon! Ok, I found the stunt reels page for the V10 women. Pretty badass. Now I'm twice as motivated to get off my butt and go work out with the cheesy P90x guy (he really cracks me up...I love watching how everybody else in the videos react/deal with him).
posted by iamkimiam at 2:31 PM on January 5, 2011

I resolved not to drink buttloads of beer while killing mofos on the multiplayer on Call of Duty: Black Ops. So far I'm not doing that well.
posted by zzazazz at 2:32 PM on January 5, 2011

I haven't been able to find it, but the one that goes something like "This cake is a failure. You are a failure, too. And no one will ever love you." is pretty good. (And the cake really does look a mess.)
posted by iamkimiam at 2:33 PM on January 5, 2011

Okay, I love this. Thank you so much for posting it, mccarty.tim.
posted by Memo at 2:33 PM on January 5, 2011

My new year's resolution was to hunt down, capture, torture and kill the next person that calls me a bigot. I fully realise that there is a degree of irony about this.
posted by Decani at 3:04 PM on January 5, 2011

your New Years Resolutions are probably running out of steam.

No, my problem is I resolved to finish more games, but after all the sales I never run out of Steam.
posted by straight at 3:36 PM on January 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

We are what we repeatedly do.
I guess Aristotle fucked up a lot. Cuz that's what he was.
posted by Twang at 3:41 PM on January 5, 2011

Needs more Courage Wolf.

I got one just now that was Courage Wolf saying:

The Cops Are Here?

[WOLF]

Sucks to Be Them!

And I'm still laughing about it.
posted by Bookhouse at 5:01 PM on January 5, 2011

I'm going to spend all night watching RSA videos instead of writing my novel, aren't I?
posted by Jeanne at 5:25 PM on January 5, 2011

Man, that RSA Animate "Drive" talk is fabulous.
posted by FelliniBlank at 6:39 PM on January 5, 2011

Hurf durf moar courage wolf.
posted by mccarty.tim at 11:58 AM on January 6, 2011

You guys want to keep going? Perhaps this will help.
posted by mccarty.tim at 12:01 PM on January 6, 2011

Also, I consider Courage Wolf to be 4chan's Tyler Durden. Wise, courageous to the point of being chaotic, and completely a construction of their imagination.
posted by mccarty.tim at 12:21 PM on January 6, 2011